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車椅子の乗客とジェット・スター
車椅子マラソン選手として、パラリンピックで２度の優勝経験を持つ、Kurt Fearnley がブリスベン空港で自分の車椅子を使うことが認められず、腹這いでチェックインカウンターから搭乗ゲートまで空港内を移動することを強いられました。Kurt Fearnley は、身障者差別だと怒っています。
| Jetstar investigating Fearnley complaint 2009/11/24 |
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| Jetstar executives say they are investigating a complaint from Paralympian Kurt Fearnley who says he was forced to crawl through Brisbane Airport because the airline would not let him take his wheelchair on board the flight. The airline offered him one of their chairs, but he says he could not move it properly. The Federal Discrimination Commissioner says he is shocked that this sort of thing still happens in 2009. Fearnley has become a household name after crawling the Kokoda Track less than a week ago. But he says when he returned to Australia he was forced to crawl through Brisbane Airport when Jetstar demanded he check his wheelchair in as luggage. (More) Discussion Questions: 1. What provisions should airlines make for disabled passengers ? 2. How encouraging is air travel for disabled people ? 3. Was the disabled passenger justified in your view ? 4. What can be done to improve public awareness of people with disabilities ? 5. What changes have occured in attitudes to disabilities over the last 50 years ? |
| 記事引用： ABC News |
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